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Watch Shuhei Yoshida Sleeping While David Cage Talks

Being both the head of Sony Worldwide Studios and the world’s most prolific Twitterer can be a tiring job, but when you then have to fly to another continent, play PS4, watch a conference and then be on a panel, it can be just a tad too exhausting. Result? Nap time.

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doctorstrange4663d ago

For a sec I thought While was With...

golding894663d ago

lmao..i gotta say this is one of the funniest things man..lol

Baliw4662d ago (Edited 4662d ago )

Well there's no shame into falling sleep at work in Japan; that means that you work hard.

From Wikipedia:

"Inemuri (居眠り?) is the Japanese practice of sleeping on the job.
It literally means, "sleeping while present". It is a way for an employee to show how committed they are to working. In other words, the employee spends so much time working that they sleep too little at home and have to do inemuri. Some people even fake inemuri, so that their bosses believe they are working hard.
Unwritten rules apply to inemuri, including who is allowed to do it - only those high up or low down in a company - and how it is performed - the person is supposed to remain upright to show they are still socially engaged in some way. Tests by NASA have concluded that napping during the day can improve working memory (i.e. focusing attention on one task while holding other tasks in memory) a fundamental ability critical to performing complex work."

Tapani4662d ago (Edited 4662d ago )

@Baliw

I'm a Japanologist and I find what you said very interesting. I have personally taken part in Japanese working life in Tokyo for five years, and I have to say, sleeping on the trains on your way and back from work, were some of the most important times to rest during the day. (my train rides at worst were two hours one-way, and this was between Yokohama and Tokyo, but in the 23-ku area).

Like you said, Baliw, this is a very cultural phenomenon people are witnessing on this clip. And likewise, I think people really should give a break for the C-level executives who travel all around the world all the time, are hyperstressed, sleep deprived, and taking care of a company (a family in Japan) and their personal family at the same time.

Give the man a rest! If you have write about it, write about it in an interesting and informative way. Respect for Japanese execs, hell, all execs around the world for their inhuman schedules and amounts of stress they have to endure.

Peace out!

Knushwood Butt4662d ago

BaliW nailed it.

Lots of people do it, and it's also common just to have people close their eyes, chill out, and focus on what's being said during presentations and the like.

I've also been in lectures / training presentations in Japan where one of the participants has completely fallen asleep and started snoring... Last time it happened at a Microsoft conference.

nveenio4662d ago

I'm glad he's getting some rest. It's not like hasn't already heard all of this stuff 800x before.

Sleep well, Shu. You deserve it. I'll wake you with my giddy cries of excitement on November 15th.

pixelsword4662d ago

He's dreaming about how QD's game will destroy any other game coming out anywhere near their release date.

The innocent will not be spared.

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badboy7764663d ago

He's a boss he can do that.

AngelicIceDiamond4663d ago

Thats's what happens when you know your console is the king and will dominate.

AngelicIceDiamond4663d ago

He just wants thing released already.

Lol hes done talking.

No_Limit4663d ago (Edited 4663d ago )

LOL, that was hilarious. I will resist the cruel joke of "The Sony conference was so boring that even the boss fell asleep" .

Seriously, it must had been a long travel from Japan to Germany. These 12 hours flights are no joke.

bjmartynhak4663d ago

Why so many disagrees?...

k2d4663d ago

If you're gonna crack a joke, at least try be funny. Just think about it. This is the level which you're at, No.Limit, lol

No_Limit4663d ago (Edited 4663d ago )

Context people, context. For those that have a sense for humor, they will know how wordings and intention are interpreted. I will leave it at that.

HammadTheBeast4662d ago

I thought it was funny.

But you need to resist better lol.

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HammadTheBeast4662d ago

LOLOL

For a while I was just looking at the second picture trying to find out what was different.

PSjesus4662d ago

they say in Japan if you fell asleep during work that means you are a hard-worker ...... Shu always win
he even sleeps like a boss

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akhmenhawk174663d ago

You could say he was in... a quantic dream.

badum-tss

DoomeDx4663d ago

Did you just copy the youtube comment? :/

Starbucks_Fan4663d ago

"its easy to sleep when there is no competition"

TrendyGamers4663d ago

Time change + lots of travel + David Cage = nap time.

Thatguy-3104663d ago

Though I respect cage I do agree that he goes so into detail when asked a simple questions.

Sev4663d ago

"Hey David Cage, how are you?"

"To fully explain how it is I am at this very moment, requires the full power of the PlayStation 4, it's architecture, and years of development time from my cutting edge studio, Quantic Dream—which got its name from a dream I had one night, while sleeping at a hostel in Amsterdam, having fallen asleep after reading a book on quantum theory, and wholeheartedly disagreeing with it. For that reason, sir, I am doing well - you?"

Sevir4663d ago

Sev, LORD HAVE MERCY!!!! I DIED A HUNDRED DEATHS AFTER READING THAT!!!!! LMAO!!!!!!

djtek1844662d ago

@sev, that just made my day LOL!

rainslacker4662d ago

Sev

One of the funniest things I've ever seen on here. Bubs.

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Maddens Raiders4663d ago (Edited 4663d ago )

@Sev -- ^^ Hahaaa, perfect!

Poor Shuhei, staying up late playing too much Death Ray Manta...

porkChop4663d ago

LOL. That's hilarious, he passed it off well at the end. The poor guy was probably exhausted.

Wedge194663d ago

Good ol' Shu, one of the only people that can get away with it.

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Shuhei Yoshida Shares Why Releasing 1st-Party Games On PC Day One Is A Bad Strategy For PlayStation

Former head of PlayStation Studios Shuhei Yoshida has shared why releasing first-party games on PC day one is bad strategy for PlayStation.

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Redemption-6434d ago

I wonder if he tried to stop Shawn Layden from starting it?

Profchaos33d ago

Technically horizon came out in 2020 under Jim Ryan who took over in 2019

It's hard to tell who initiated the project but the Decima engine makes porting to PC fairly easy so who honestly knows if this was Jim's initiative or not I get the feeling it was

Redemption-6433d ago (Edited 33d ago )

It's actually not hard at all. Shawn Layden said he started it. Shawn Layden has confirmed that he was behind the strategy to bring PlayStation exclusive games to PC. Regardless of whether you hate Jim or not this wasn't his idea. It happened during his watch, but it was started before he took over. Below are links with him confirming it started with him

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

https://x.com/i/status/1444...

Reaper22_33d ago

Fake news. He didnt say that.This video was posted on YouTube and on here they decided to change the title. Shame on you.

i81duce33d ago

At 5:16, he literally states the thing you say he doesn’t say. Did you even watch the video?

GotGame81833d ago

Sony already said they weren't porting to PC anymore. Or, at least that is how I interpreted a couple of articles. I think if it were not for Helix, that may not have happened.

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PlayStation legend Shuhei Yoshida says Jim Ryan fired him because he didn't listen to him

Why did Sony push Shuhei Yoshida out of his role leading PlayStation's first-party games? He'd overseen some huge successes. Well, apparently, he didn't listen.

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Relientk7738d ago

Yeah I can see that for sure. Shuhei Yoshida should have been in charge not Jim Ryan.

Cacabunga38d ago

It should be free highway for him now.. but Sony are too stupid to see this, especially that moron Hulst

S2Killinit38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

Wtf why all that anger. PlayStation is dominating on every level. Besides I think there is a little more to hiring a CEO than just who is available. Its not like its a athlete your team wants to buy.

neutralgamer199238d ago

S2Killinit

live service failures, chasing trends, closing studios. yes dominating

Cacabunga38d ago

Sony is Dominating because competition is not existing. Compared to previous gens this is the poorest in terms of software offerings.

Last gen we got Uncharted 4 Lost Legacy and TLOU2 from ND alone.

This is so far a remasters gen, with no competition to lift up the quality

1nsomniac38d ago (Edited 38d ago )

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

medman37d ago

Hulst is a disaster......

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blacktiger38d ago

He would've done the same thing and fire Jim Ryan and Shuhei would be the villain. Why?
Because Elite creates the narrative and distraction for gamers, users and citizens.

Outside_ofthe_Box38d ago

More confirmation that Jim Ryan is the culprit for what has happened to Sony. Hulst needs to go too. What sucks is that a lot of the good top heads at Sony are no longer there. I wish that guys that were forced out prematurely by Dumbo Jimbo like Shuhei and Layden came back.

robtion37d ago

Yep. Yoshida was responsible for bringing one of the best games of this generation to playstation (Stellar Blade). He is an actual gamer and is in touch with what gamers want (creative, fun games, not GaaS and agenda pushing). He also seems like a genuinely nice guy if you watch some interviews. Of course they got rid of him.

darthv7238d ago

Makes you wonder if MS even thought about hiring him after Phil and Sarah were leaving. He certainly couldn't make their situation any worse.

Agent7538d ago

Microflop. After Windows XP and Xbox 360, it all went floppy.

S2Killinit38d ago

Floppy 😆
No pun intended

badz14938d ago

Yoshida for President! Jim Ryan was and always be a hack! Sony should get Shu back

Lightning7738d ago

All the gamer/consumer lead heads are gone across PS and Xbox. shuhei gone phil's gone (questionable) but gone. The future of gaming is somewhat uncertain across the board.

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Former Sony president Shuhei Yoshida reveals why the original PS ultimately led to Bloodborne

Sony's bold entrance into the console market back in the '90s heralded the use of CD-ROMs instead of cartridges, which convinced several companies to jump on board the PlayStation train. It turns out FromSoftware was one of those companies lured in by the appeal of discs.

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